I have been thinking a lot lately about the people who go on to build successful companies and the one thing that has been standing out as an indicator of success is the technical aptitude of the founder.  In other words, did the founder of the company have a hand in building version 1a of the product. Here is a list i’ve pulled together of successful companies that have had ‘technical’ founders.

Bill Gates

  Larry and Sergey

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My recent experimentation with making beats from scratch*.

* best experienced with the volume turned way up, or with headphones.